Clinton Raises Russian Election Concerns at OSCE
One day after thousands protested in Moscow against the Russian parliament elections that international observers and opposition leaders say were marred by fraud, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
View ArticleCongo Residents Apprehensive While Awaiting Election Results
Tensions are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo as returns from last week’s presidential election trickle in. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila is still expected to win, having taken 46 percent...
View ArticleCongo Voters Await Final Results From Presidential Election
Electoral officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to release complete results of presidential and legislative voting Thursday. Opposition supporters are rejecting partial returns...
View ArticleCongo Election Results Delayed Again
Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have again delayed the results of presidential and legislative elections. Opposition supporters are rejecting partial returns that show President...
View ArticleMedvedev Orders Probe Of Russian Election Fraud Allegations
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered an investigation into the allegations of electoral fraud during last week’s parliamentary vote. The announcement came a day after tens of thousands...
View ArticleEast Congo Opposition to Protest Kabila Election
Opposition leaders in eastern Congo are planning to protest the disputed re-election of President Joseph Kabila beginning Tuesday morning. And while organizers say the protests will be peaceful, some...
View ArticleRussians Look Ahead to Mass Protest, Presidential Election
Is Russia’s middle class on the march? People are angry, and are speaking out for clean elections and democracy. Two days after Russia’s largest democracy demonstration in a generation, Russian...
View ArticleRussia’s Prokhorov to Challenge Putin in Presidential Election
Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov says he will run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential election next March, in the latest challenge to the Russian leader. Prokhorov, who also owns...
View Article‘Kommersant’ Firings Over Russian Election
The owner of Russia’s Kommersant Publishing has fired an editor and a senior manager over what he described as a breach of ethics for its coverage of alleged voting fraud during parliamentary elections...
View ArticleCongo Supreme Court Hears Election Challenge
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a lawsuit seeking to annul the presidential election that returned incumbent Joseph Kabila to power. Opposition candidate Vital...
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